Gas-stove.



PATENLED FER "i2,

E. G. VAN WIB.

GAS sfov. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 16, 190B.

Unirse sfrirrns PATENT orifice.

EDWLN G. VAN WIE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE DETROIT STOVE WORKS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION l\fI CHIGr.Al\l.

GAS-STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

' Application filed January 16, 1906. Serial No. 296.398'.

citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new useful improvements in Gas-Stoves, of vwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to new and useful improvcmentsin gas-stoves, and consists particularly in the construction ol a closed top detachably flttingian open-top stove, whereby either natural or manufactured gas may be used, as will be more fully hereinafter' described, and set forth in the claims.

A gas-stove when desired to be operated with artificial gas is provided with an open top, while the odors from the unconsumed ses and products of combustion from natural gas preclude such a construction for the use oi natural gas. Heretofore stoves have been constructed with closed tops especially for natural gas, or else an open-top stove was required to be converted into a closed-top stove in the following manner: The opentop grating was removed and a closed-top section of the same dimensions was inserted in its place. burners to be practical, the burners had to be lowered and then a flue had to be cut -in the back of the burner-box or wherever possible to communicate with the flue of the stove and carry off the products of combustion and unconsumed gases. Cutting this flue and lowering the burners is a difficult and expensive piece of work and in spite of it the stove was unsatisfactory, for the reason that'the stove-flue was only large enough to carry ofl' the products from the lower burners and was not sufficiently large to carry off' the added amount.

These diliiculties l have entirely obviatedby my invention, and open-top stoves may, if' desired, be manufactured exclusively .and

' converted into closed-top steves'quickly and cheaply and are absolutely satisfactory .in operation, Y

ln the drawings, Figure 1 shows a top plan view ol the ordinary open-top stove, and Fig;` 2 a bottom pan view of my improved closed top. F ig. 3 is a vertical section on lines 3 3, Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is a vertical section on lines 4 4 of Fig. 1 with the closed top in position,

thetop shown in Fig. 4 being a slightly-modi-` As this was toe close tov the.

fied construction;

A is the top casting of a ordinary open-top grating having four burners a; but as many burners may be used as desired. The grating A ordinarily rests on a depressed inwardly-extending flange a, and

stove, and is the I the outer edge of the stove-top is provided with a downturned flange a2.

B is the stove-flue for the lower or oven burners band is provided with a preferably oval llange B for connectionwith a stovepipe.

O is a closed top of Vthe forni I preferably i employ with ordinary lid-openings covered by lids c and having a downturnedv flange c extending into engagement with the flange aI and a downwardly-extending flange c3 resting upon the flange e. On the rear side of the top the flange c3 is cut away for a distance approximately equal to `the width of the stove-flue, and short flanges c4 extend from the ends of flange c3 tothe sides of' the flange BQ'. The space betwe'en the ends of the flange c3 and between the flanges c4 thus forms a flue for the burners a.

Above the flange B' the top C is extended -upwardlv to form a stovepipe connection or sleeve C and the front of this sleeve is spaced from the flange B to allow suflicient communication from the topburner flue. The flue in the sleeve C is of sufficientv size to allow for the extra flue-space necessitated by the top burners, andthe back of this sleeve referably rests on the stove-top back vo the `flange B. A

In Fig. 4 1 have shown a slight modification in which the flange c3 is omitted, the top being su portedby a depressed flange D, resting on t e steve-top and havingits outer por tion downturned at d to engage the flange o. The su porting-flanges forJ the top are made the ength requiredto give the top sulficient clearance above the burners.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with a gas-stove, an open top therefor, top Aburners therein, an oven having a flue-passageyand a stovepi esleeve for said flue-passage, ola .remove )le closed top, a downwardly-extending flange 'thereon engaging said open topand supporting said closed top, anda stovcpipc-sleeve integral Withsaidclosed top yand larger than and alined with said stovepipe-sleeve for said flue-passage.

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